HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — Jesus Lafalaise pitched five strong innings and Marco Argudin hit a three-run homer Sunday, Aug. 23, as the Hickory Crawdads beat the Delmarva Shorebirds 4-2 at L.P. Frans Stadium.

Delmarva took a 2-0 lead on Stiven Martinez’s solo homer in the third and an unearned run in the fourth. Hickory answered in the fifth when Argudin homered with two runners aboard to make it 3-2. The Crawdads added a run in the seventh.

Lafalaise (2-5) allowed one earned run on two hits with six strikeouts over five innings. William Privette earned his first save with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts. Francisco Morao (0-1) took the loss, giving up four runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Argudin finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Delmarva’s Collin McKinney and Braden Smith each pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings with four and two strikeouts, respectively. Delmarva had six hits and Hickory had five. Hickory improved to 73-47; Delmarva fell to 44-77. Attendance was 1,224; game time 2:28.